Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 281 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 734 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 126 118% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 56GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 146 146 147 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 147 Mixed 205 SusWrite 146 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.2 148% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 151 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 88 69 78 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 80 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 535GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 167 165 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 167 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 166 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 97%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	325x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	243x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16